I think it’s fantastic that you engaged this comment. I hope you two talk further.
> I see in your "about" section that there is a "please feel free to email me" sentence - if it's okay, I'd maybe like to contact you for further conversation.
always open to this!
it makes me feel validated that others identify with similar feelings, and the ties to the net community. I honestly just threw the comment out there as the first time really putting those thoughts and this theory i've been kicking around into words, half convinced I really was just, idk, a uniquely angry internet person
Yes, and yes.
> I've noticed that I myself share a sort of way of thinking with the 4chan / net-present crowd I grew up with
That explains it. I spent a part of my youth there, too, while it still had the "secret club" vibes. I guess it left some influence on my way of thinking.
> I really believed that the happy people HAD to be lying about it, because I wasn't happy. I really believed everyone was secretly judging eachother, cause that's what I was doing. I really believed that various psychological techniques just had to be total bullshit, because I never genuinely tried them in good faith, and just assumed they were konk science.
I resonate with this a lot.
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Thanks for this. It's useful to see your perspective described from outside, by someone who actually understands. Makes it easier to take myself less seriously.
I see in your "about" section that there is a "please feel free to email me" sentence - if it's okay, I'd maybe like to contact you for further conversation.